Mud Cakes and Wine

Half term was lovely and towards the end, we had sunshine and some warmish weather. The boys wanted to go outside and play, I managed a few hours in the garden and all felt well with the world. Though it's back to homeschool on Monday which I am not looking forward to. Friday - Fish, Chips, and Peas Saturday - Burgers for the boys and Mousaka from Tesco for us Sunday - Roast Chicken is the boys favourite and feel they deserve it. Monday - Mexican Style Peppers. Tortellini for the boys. BBC Good Food Mexican style stuffed peppers Tuesday - Ham and Mushroom bake BBC good food Creamy ham mushroom pasta bake Wednesday - Spiced Salmon traybake. The boys are having tuna cakes. BBC good food Spiced salmon traybaked sag aloo Thursday - Mushroom Stroganoff, the boys love the stroganoff sauce with pasta. BBC good food Mushroom stroganoff

  This is a public service blog, please learn form my mistake.   Remember to water your containers in the winter.  This is the first year I have encountered this situation. It has been very very cold for well over a week but it has also been very dry. We have had snow but no rain. I was so busy feeding the birds and looking out the window to comment on how cold it is, I had totally forgotten about my containers. With cold and no rain this is what I suddenly noticed. My forget me not plants have really suffered in fact pretty sure I have killed them along with the very low temperatures for several days My violas have not been that successful this year anyway, then forgetting to water them along with the cold weather seems to have very nearly finished them off. I have watered them along with our trees in containers two days in a row now and tomorrow the weather is due to get warmer and rain. I will keep you updated to see if they have survived.

The meal plan went pretty much to plan other than Tuesday, we had dominoes as a treat. Also the smoked salmon dish was lovely but I managed to slice my thumb on the mandolin which was not plesant for anyone, luckily it’s fine just taking a little time to heal.  We have Chinese new year, Valentine's day and Pancake day all in one week which is fun. Friday - Chinese for Chinese New Year. We are having sweet and sour chicken from a bottle I will admit. Saturday - Pizza for the boys with salad and we are having a vegetable lasagna again a ready meal. Sunday - I have found these cheese nuggets and the boys love them so those with mash and salad. We are having steak, chops, mushrooms, peas and peppercorn sauce flowed by our bod6 weight in cheese. Monday - Mr MC&W is off work so we are going to have a Charlie Bigham meal as a treat. The boys have asked for fake Mcdonalds so nuggets and fries it is. I may try and sneak some veggies in hahaha. Tuesday - Panckaes I am trying these Dutch ...

The meal plan went well last week, we liked our katsu wraps and will be having them again. The weather is rather blah at the moment though there is a chance we may get some snow which is very rare for us. Friday - Pizza is brought in not homemade. As our eldest has his annual blood tests for his type 1 and he hates it. I need something quick and easy for dinner. Saturday - Slow cooker hoisin style chicken as hopefully, I can pull it apart like pulled chicken. served with rice. Sunday - Toad in the hole Monday - Prawn and pineapple Thai rice BBC Good Food Thai fried prawn pineapple rice Tuesday - Gammon, egg, and chips Wednesday - Vegan Bolognese BBC Good Food Vegan bolognese Thursday - Smoked salmon and celeriac Duplonise. This is real comfort food. BBC Good Food Smoked salmon celeriac dauphinoise

Last week went well, we did not have the paneer curry as we had leftover beef so had a beef curry instead.  The weather is still pretty miserable and I have gone off cooking so meals are pretty simple at the moment. Friday - Fish goujons, chips, and peas for us all Saturday - Lasagna I have brought this in so it can just get put in the oven. Sunday - Roast Chicken with roast potatoes, carrots, and greens Monday - Mushroom Risotto  Tuesday - Smoked Mackeral Salad. The boys will have Quiche and salad. Wednesday - Katsu Chicken Wraps with wedges. Thursday - Pasta with a tomato and bacon sauce.

  We have some sunshine which is just lovely and managed to get a little bit of time in the garden. The bulbs I planted in Autumn are coming through which is just lovely. We had a couple of new meals last week one was a tofu rice dish which was lovely and definitely going to have it again.  Friday - Pizza and salad ala freezer Saturday - Peri Peri Chicken with chips, salad and coleslaw Sunday - Roast Beef we have not had a roast in ages thought this would be nice. Dessert will be this Olive magazine Bourbon biscuit brownies Monday - Chilli Salmon Noodles I found this one and it sounded really nice. The boys do not like spice so will have tuna fishcakes. BBBC good food Chilli salmon teriyaki noodles Tuesday - Chicken Kiev, new potatoes and greens Wednesday - Paneer Curry with rice and popadoms. This is the basic idea but no cardamon for us as I hate it. BBC good food Paneer korma Thursday - Gnocchi in a tomato sauce with pepperoni and served with salad and garlic bread.

  Another week of homeschool has finished and we are still staying at home. This weather is not really helping our mood at the moment as here it is wet and miserable. I am counting the days till spring, but the days are getting longer which is nice to see. We have a week of more comfort food. We have a couple of ready meals this weekend as I am shattered and just did not want to think about food or cook. We do have a couple of new meals to try and not had Tofu for a long time so will be interesting to see how we like it. Friday - Charlie Bighmas ready meal curry. The boys are trying some cheese nuggets as sounds right up our street with salad and chips. Saturday - Spag Bol Sunday - Charlie Bigham Chicken in white wine. The boys are having mini roast dinner. Monday - Tuna Pasta bake for us all, a family favorite Tuesday - Chicken Arrabbiatab Bbc good food Baked chicken arrabiatta Wednesday - Veggie Rice Bowl Realfood Tesco Veggie rice bowl Thursday - Sausage and Fennel Casserole wit...